Regulated Community

Filing a Significant New Use Notice (SNUN) under TSCA

Under section 5(a) of TSCA, if EPA promulgates a Significant New Use Rule, a manufacturer or processor wishing to engage in a designated significant new use must submit a Significant New Use Notice to EPA at least 90 days before engaging in the new use.

Questions & Answers for the New Chemicals Program under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)

This Questions & Answers document for the New Chemicals Program is intended only to explain the requirements of TSCA section 5 and selected EPA regulations implementing section 5, and to provide useful information to persons subject to these requirements.

Polymer Exemption Guidance Manual for premanufacture notices for new chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)

A technical manual to accompany, but not supersede the "Premanufacture Notification Exemptions; Revisions of Exemptions for Polymers; Final Rule" found at 40 CFR Part 723, (60) FR 16316-16336, published Wednesday, March 29, 1995.

Draft Guidance on EPA’s Section 8(a) Information Gathering Rule on Nanomaterials in Commerce

This guidance provides answers to questions the Agency has received from manufacturers (includes importers) and processors of certain chemical substances when they are manufactured or processed at the nanoscale as described in the final rule.

Federal Register Notice: Significant New Use Rule on a Certain Chemical Substance

EPA is proposing a significant new use rule (SNUR) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for one chemical substance which was the subject of a premanufacture notice (PMN), P-11-482.

e-Premanufacture Notice (e-PMN) Webinars

These webinars explain how to use the electronic Premanufacture notice system (e-PMN) in the Central Data Exchange system (CDX).

Test Marketing Exemption (TME) for New Chemical Review under TSCA

Under section 5 of TSCA, EPA established an exemption for certain chemicals that are manufactured (including imported) for test marketing. You can learn more here about the requirements of this exemption, along with the review and submission process.

Guidance Documents and Sample Forms for Central Data Exchange (CDX) Registration and e-PMN Software (Thin Client)

For users submitting electronic notices through CDX, this page contains guidance documents and sample forms to help you, submit Premanufacture Notices (PMN), Bona Fide and biotechnology notices, among others.

Stakeholder Conference on Bee Health

USDA and EPA released a comprehensive scientific report on honey bee health in May 2013. The report points to multiple factors playing a role in honey bee colony declines, including parasites and disease, genetics, poor nutrition, and pesticide exposure.

Salmon Mapper

Information about the web application to assist pesticide users' with an understanding of the spatial extent of certain pesticide use limitations to protect endangered or threatened salmon and steelhead in California, Oregon and Washington.

Guidance to Companies on Referring to Registered Disinfectant Products that Meet the CDC Criteria for Use Against the Ebola Virus

There are no EPA-registered products with label claims against the Ebola virus, but enveloped viruses such as Ebola are susceptible to many hospital disinfectants used to disinfect hard, non-porous surfaces. CDC guidance addresses use of such products.

Certification Statement for Design for the Environment Logo for Pesticide Products

The registrant needs to sign and submit a certification statement agreeing to EPA’s terms and conditions for participating in the EPA/OPP DfE label logo program.

Bridging or Waiving Data Requirements

Pesticide registrants can request a waiver of data requirements or seek to bridge data from one data set to another. The documents below explain our approach to data waivers.

Critical and Non-critical Habitat Sections in Merced County

This map indicates the areas where the injunction related to use of certain pesticides applies.

Interim Use Limitations for Eleven Threatened or Endangered Species in the San Francisco Bay Area

Interim use limitations may apply to pesticide products containing any of 75 active ingredients, in 8 listed counties. The limitations are in a Stipulated Injunction entered by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in 2010.

E-submission for avian reproduction studies

Guidance information about electronic submission for avian reporduction studies.

PRN 2001-1: First Aid Statements on Pesticide Product Labels

This PR notice is intended to provide guidance for what the Agency believes is the most updated appropriate first aid language for pesticide product labels to ensure that they continue to adequately protect the public.

Requirements for Pesticide Disposal

Farmers, golf course managers, pest control companies, and others need to comply with requirements for pesticide storage. Find out about federal and state requirements for pesticide storage.

Worker Protection Standard (WPS) Comparison Chart

This table summarizes key provisions in the EPA’s current WPS regulation and the 2015 revisions.

Worker Protection Standard Relabeling Process for Retailers and Wholesalers

This is Attachment 1 for Pesticide Registration Notice 95-5, Labeling Revisions Required By The Worker Protection Standard (WPS) for Sale or Distribution of Certain Agricultural Pesticides after October 23, 1995.